Server Basics (8) | Logon Scripts - Map Network Drive

[@PC-Addicts]

Thanks for the kind words. I would be happy to throw up a video on pushing out icons to desktops via GPO... I actually recently set some icons up at a local school district I do side work for, and can use that as an example. I thought I might have put a video out already on this topic, but I am getting old, and probably forgot to. Make sure to subscribe to this channel, and check the site regularly for updated tutorials - keep an eye out for the one you requested!

[@mikewill4590]

Nice video. I like the fact that you are not afraid to make mistakes and then correct them on screen. It helps with learning to troubleshoot and also shows it's okay to make mistakes as long as you fix them.

[@sglant]

Thanks a bunch for the refresher. I haven't had to touch scripts for years. Really appreciated!

[@PC-Addicts]

You are welcome! :)

[@cotexone]

Hey Chris, am a newbie to servers and all, your tuts are proving to be really good material in enhancing my understanding. I sincerely do thank you.

[@PC-Addicts]

Thanks for the comment! Yes, I will add that to my "videos to produce" todo list (it's somewhat of a large list at the moment). The good news is, the next video series I'm going to start working on this weekend will require a 2nd server in the domain, so I can pump that one out in the process for ya!

[@paulflores4039]

As an intern it's awesome I was able to learn this so easily and the troubleshooting just helped me learn even more. Thanks!

[@PC-Addicts]

Thanks - appreciate the comments! I never tried mapping an FTP drive before. I did automate a certain FTP transfer by writing a batch script many years ago but never thought about mapping a drive with it though. Something I would have to mess around with. I am not sure right this minute.

[@clivebuckwheat]

Amazing series, well explained, concise, to the point. Great job, please don't stop making these videos.

[@PC-Addicts]

Thanks for watching, and the comment bro!

[@PC-Addicts]

@thestig888 Sure thing, thank you for the suggestion (always looking for video ideas). It probably won't be until this upcoming weekend since it does take some time to record, edit, etc... Keep subscribed and keep an eye out bro!

[@PC-Addicts]

@MrJakewoodall Yupp... hope to have another 1 or 2 up this weekend on this Server Basics series!

[@PC-Addicts]

Nice! I just noticed you left a couple other comments not to much earlier then your answer. Glad ya figured it out and thank you for following-up here to help others!

[@timeless909]

Didn't know there were so many ways to map drives. TY! I use VB scripts to map drives & create desktop shortcuts for those drives (good for non technical users). Great video!

[@jesslm02]

Right on! I actually just watched it. Great job as usual. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Thanks!

[@654Arey]

great videos Chris.. Do you have one on how to install .MSI programs via GP..

[@PC-Addicts]

Sweet! Glad they are able to help, and thanks for the comment! :)

[@PC-Addicts]

@Ioan190 no problem. Open up a command prompt, and type: net use g: /delete (replace "g" with whatever drive letter you used for your mapping)

[@abhinavsharma5127]

Your server basics series have been a great help as I am a DIY buff who wanted to set up the server at our organisation. Can you also upload a video on how to add another server to an existing domain??

[@PC-Addicts]

Hello Michael... thanks for the comment!

[@nippundhiman4089]

How do you handle multiple people needing multiple different shared mappings via GPO? I have done it via login scripts and telling their account in ad which script to run. Wondering if there is a better way

[@davidcunliffe2986]

You can use groups and item level targeting or even use users or computers to direct who or what gets a drive.

[@FCOHDEZ27]

How do you set different sets of mapped drives for different users. i.e. John needs drives "F", "Y" and "Z", But Yola needs only "F" and "I"??

[@PC-Addicts]

Great question. One way would be to create multiple Security Groups then make the users members of those groups. Those groups would have Group Policies setup with the appropriate mapped drives.

[@PC-Addicts]

Is it a mapped network drive or are you wanting to "change" a drive letter?

[@PC-Addicts]

@clivebuckwheat Thanks a lot bro! Appreciate the comments! Keeps me motivated to continue on! I hope to have another 1 or 2 by this weekend if nothing else comes up that gets in the way :)

[@PC-Addicts]

Sweet! Congrats on the new position/job! I would highly suggest setting up a mini lab at your home if you are able to. Download the trial version of Server 2008 R2, and have a couple of client computers setup (1 with XP and 1 with Windows 7). Basically, follow along with the videos on my server basics series (or similar videos, you don't have to watch mine), and you should be covered as far as basic sys admin stuff.

[@PC-Addicts]

@MrKoolTutorials Thanks bro! Appreciate the comments!

[@MarkHilton1]

brilliant series, just out of interest can you have home directories/network shares and roaming profiles automatically for new users or do you have to configure it manually? thanks

[@PC-Addicts]

The actual process of joining a server to a domain is identical to the process of joining a client. The only minor differences is that I would set my server's IP static, and place the server in my "servers" OU.

[@PC-Addicts]

Sounds like you might be able to use PowerShell to script what you want. Have you used PowerShell before?

[@michalfiraYT]

Hi. How to allow different users to map different drives using the scripts? I see that that issue was mentioned below coupe of times. Thanks

[@PC-Addicts]

+Michał Fira I miss a lot of comments/questions. Can you give me a little more detail or maybe scenario?

[@michalfiraYT]

i would like to map eg drive M: as movies for user A and B and mapo drive P as picture only for user A. how a script should be written?

[@mikeyoung1051]

Thank you for the series, I am NT4 old School and need Active Directory skills if I am going to re-enter IT Employment. Thank you for sharing your skills.

[@PC-Addicts]

+Mike Young You are welcome! Thanks for commenting and watching!

[@UbuntuHelpGuy]

Very informative. This is great. Now, what do you use for recording screen in Windows?

[@edblank2766]

How do you create map drives for each user so that they can backup personal information?

[@rrrussell1009]

For this I would probably create a network share the map as the users “home drive”. Enter the unc path (\\server\shared folder\%username%\) in the home drive field within in the active directory user account.

[@PC-Addicts]

@thestig888 Thanks! Yes, you can configure all of that to happen automatically. When I worked at a school district, we had roaming profiles setup, and during new user creation, all of the stuff happened on the backend.

[@PC-Addicts]

Awesome Od! I too was into *nix many years ago, and like you, had started working on Windows servers (back then was for a college). I rarely touch *nix boxes these days.

[@PC-Addicts]

Hope you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Jonnn21]

Thank you very much for the video and actually TALKING in the video, it helped greatly. I did everything you mentioned and it worked great. However, a few days later I log back on and no scripts are running and no mapped drives are showing up, nothing has been change.Why would they all of a sudden stop working??

[@Jonnn21]

hello. I have tried both methods, unfortunately no drives show up ever. I do a gpupdate /force and it doesn't ask to reboot like yours does. Any ideas?

[@brandonherr637]

Chris, do you need Distributed File Sharing enabled for this to work?

[@brandonherr637]

Also, I heard somewhere that one should be careful when installing DFS on their Domain Controller but i forget why.. Any insight?

[@Darryl_Tran]

Great Video. The first one worked. Question. If I have an AD Account with a member of Domain Admin it won't map the drive. But if I remove Domain Admin it will. Any thoughts on this.

[@Ioan190]

How to do more Map Network Drive for several different users? And when each user logs on to see just his partition. (Do not see other partitions of users).

[@MarkHilton1]

@PCAddictsLive I see, is there any chance you could do a video showing showing how to do this?

[@Darren_Phillips]

Hi is it possible to use group policy to shutdown pc's on the network but make it interactive so if a user is still at his desk he can cancel the shutdown

[@PC-Addicts]

Thanks! Hope it helped you out!

[@miiro1]

I recently just got a new job. I was a technician at Watchguard (I saw your video on the XTM2 series) and now getting into the a Network Admin / Helpdesk roll at a local News Channel here in Seattle. So I know I will be doing a lot with Active Directory. Any advice on how to succeed in this position, or what to expect?

[@PC-Addicts]

@Ioan190 Great video ideas my friend! I will start planning for a couple more Server Basic's videos to produce maybe this upcoming weekend! Stay tuned!

[@daphmelj]

Hey Chris in the where can I find this in Server 2012? Should I look for it unser server management> tools Folder icon shares? Is this the same as to what you're doing? There is no provisional share....

[@nourwf7]

Thanks, but can i create ISCSI Drive by Group policy ? thank you so much about your videos

[@fady505]

thanks alot for your reply .. yes they are many thats why i couldnt map everyone to his folder .. and i need them to use credentials so log on that mapped folder .. can you tell me whats wrong with the script or why its not working ?

[@TheAlexanderEdwards]

Great videos man. Appreciate what you do

[@PC-Addicts]

+Alex Edwards Thanks for the comment man! Glad to help!

[@kacemsys]

You have linked the GPO to the domain, if i want to link it to an 'OU' containing computers or users, i will not have problems ???? i remember i tried to do somthing like that i had problems !

[@Nerdyman01]

How would you do that for each user? For example, user A logs on and his/her drive is loaded and when user B logs on, his/her drive loads...just like how school network works. Each student has his/her own network folder.

[@pcnetworkpros]

How can i configure a specific script for lets say "ACCOUNTING"? Can the scripts apply to specific groups as opposed to globally? i also store confidential data on an "ADMIN" share for upper management. i'd like to distribute the shares to specific groups. How do i accomplish that?

[@Ioan190]

@PCAddictsLive How do I delete Map Network Drive, because when I delete the group policy map drive does not disappear from the Network.

[@Farfromhome90]

can you please tell me how do you apply this to every user i log in to? as in i want one share drive map in to like 3 different users. im allowed to use only one logging script to get this done.

[@Farfromhome90]

+Nigh7Fury and also i need to make two share files using 2 servers. and those two should show up on my client machine as :x :y i cant get it done. could you please help me out. its for a school project

[@fady505]

i added the map folder as a test for some users .. but when i accessed that folder i saw the full address .. so i tried to access the server i found that users can access all domain folders and copy files from it .. like scripts and windows versions or backups used by WDS or certificates ..is that normal ?

[@dbenton4633]

do your virtual box run 64 bit? if so where to obtain a version of it?

[@vignesh5909]

Hi Sir, if we are on real time is it possible to map drive from server for particular computer name or user, Here i can see it will map all client which is connected to the domain. please advice

[@ytho7618]

What's good login script software? i want to create logon script, don't know where to start.

[@rahulsharma3467]

I need one lil help from you, i have some application in other server, now i can create map drive for using that application with the of your video but can tell me without going in map drive can i give shortcut file of exe on the desktop, so whenever user logged in shortcut file can display there....

[@iallicock]

I tried both methods as shown and it kinda failed...not because anything was wrong in your video. I had previously done it through GP and it didn't show the mapped drive. Using your method via Batch Script I guess highlighted the issue. '\\servername\NETLOGON' CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current director UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows directory. Any idea why that is occurring? Haven't found much help on or solutions on forums that help.

[@bratz2]

How do you do this with the second method on a Windows 2003 R2 Server?

[@ali215055]

Dear PC-Addicts, i have same problem like SKYTOUCH™ Solutions, LLC i have applied your way it doesn't work, i had windows server 2008, it worked fine, but windows 2012 R2, all clients 2010 pro doesn't work. thanks in advance....

[@TatayOpaw]

great video, how can apply this by OU, My setup here is by department with different path, ex. //server/finance/private and //server/MFG1/private.TIA

[@PC-Addicts]

You would want to use: diskpart I recommend researching this command before using.

[@naqibnazri3826]

Hello sir, this is really nice video. really appreciate it. Btw i have one question, im using virtual box and put Win XP there successfully joined domain and map drive using script with manually from client but i had problem when setting up the logon script map drive. i followed exactly from your video. kindly advice me. thanks!

[@jesslm02]

Good video as always! I have a small request that goes along with this video, and that is - can you make a video on how to use group policy to manage certain/specific desktop icons for users. My company uses the public desktop to have a few select desktop shortcuts available to all users on a PC. The path of these icons can change, so to update them I currently do it manually because with windows 7, the users can't change the icons themselves (they are not local admins).

[@tomtom246]

Thanks again I am working on m MSCA and these video's help me with my studies!!!!! :):)

[@RifaiRahmanM]

Nice Video, Please show me how to do user specific drive mapping...

[@riusaki]

Great video. Exactly what I wanted to learn.

[@fady505]

how can i make every user log on to his folder only and cannot see other's folder ? i used this script but didnt work net use X: \\DC\BACKUP\%username%

[@wlmrcruz48]

How do I setup a mail server???

[@PC-Addicts]

Thank you! I'm glad ya found it a good refresher!

[@PC-Addicts]

Not exactly sure I know what the actual problem is. Feel free to pastebin the script and then send me a message via my site with the link to the pastebin.

[@djpater]

good job man, love tha part where you trobel shoot your own error.

[@PC-Addicts]

+Richendel Pater Thank you!

[@khalidbou9391]

how can i delete my drive letter on cmd?

[@lsufan861]

I need help setting up a virtual box machine to be able to test my server that I use on AWS. Any help is appreciated.

[@BrotherIsaac]

How can I help when am far from you

[@PC-Addicts]

I would have to look (been a while). I will save this question and check it out the next time I fire up my VMs.

[@PC-Addicts]

@tomtom246 Sweet! How is that going for ya?

[@DonDogg]

Very good video. Your mistakes/troubleshooting in the video make them twice as good because I am always making silly little mistakes like that as well. hahaha. Consider me subscribed

[@GunFingerProductions]

hello, I have multiple uers in active directory domain services all with passwords. How could i modify the batch script so I could require a password. I was thinking: @echo off cls map G: //drive/ /Persistent:No Is that correct, and if so is there anything else I would need to do. Thankyou , Alex

[@sumyat1773]

thanks a lot Chris . It's really helpful to me

[@PC-Addicts]

HAHA awesome Johnny! Good work!

[@PC-Addicts]

@SiaSound Thanks bro! Will do!

[@deryahuseynov2761]

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[@PC-Addicts]

@tomtom246 No... Thank you for watching, then commenting! (And hopefully "Liked" it too hehe)

[@skytouchsolutionsinc5996]

Doesn't work. Server 2012 R2, all Windows 10 Clients. Followed same paths, same GP Management and created same OU with same user preferences. Updated and forced update, even restarted servers. Script is same as yours. Dont know what Im doing wrong.

[@PC-Addicts]

Thanks! Glad the second one worked for ya. :)

[@PC-Addicts]

You shouldn't need to run net use.... If you want to have them map a 'home' folder, you should set this up within Active Directory Users and Computers. If you already have a ton of users setup and running with a home drive, create a new user and configure the homedrive from within Active Directory Users and Computers. Then look at the way AD automatically configured the folder permissions for that user. Match those permissions with the users that are already setup.

[@khali9145]

Thankx to these videos.

[@PC-Addicts]

khalil ali You are welcome - glad ya found them helpful!

[@Cork_UO]

***** I second that. I was a Linux admin for the last 13 years until I had to move and get a new job. For the past year I have had to work as tier 3 Windows support. This is the kind of stuff that really helps me get up to speed for my job. Thanks Chris for all your work and sharing it for free.

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[@miiro1]

great videos man!

[@EncouragementTherapy]

Freaking great video!! thanks

[@PC-Addicts]

Thanks! :)

[@PC-Addicts]

@tomtom246 You are welcome!

[@PC-Addicts]

Awesome! Thanks for the comment/sub/Thumbs-Up!

[@khalidbou9391]

i want to change a drive letter

[@fathirida6870]

Goood job sir :) great video

[@phungomathoho3578]

you are the BEST

[@exclusive605]

Nerdyman01, I usually do [\\server\share\%username%] so the permissions are to allow all to travers to "share" then create a folder wither their logon id and set permissions there only for them to read/write. %username% is a variable and so [\\server\share\%username%] will equal [\\server\share erdyman01]... hope that helps

[@TatayOpaw]

i already answer my question by testing in my little lab...thanks you.

[@PC-Addicts]

Sweet! Thanks!